Project receives federal and state funding to identify effective river management systems
Macquarie University in Sydney has received a $600,000 federal grant to trail management methods to help control drought and flood damage to rivers in coastal New South Wales.
Kirstie Fryirs, a researcher with the faculty of science and engineering, was awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage grant for the river recovery programme. The NSW government and community not-for-profit Landcare Australia have contributed an additional $225,000.